59 of the Best Celebrity Hairstyle Ideas for Wavy Hair

Take advantage of your hair's natural wavy texture, or try something new if you have straight locks with these pro tips inspired by gorgeous red carpet looks.

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Emma Stone

The Veronica Lake look never gets old — probably because it's just that glamorous. Xavier Velasquez of Serge Normant at John Frieda Salon suggests starting with dry hair that's either relatively straight or has been blow-dried smooth to create a deep side part.

Using a 1-inch barrel curling iron, wrap 1-inch sections of hair around the iron away from the face.

Velasquez says the key to these easy waves lies is using a sea salt spray, like Not Your Mother's Texturizing Sea Salt Spray ($8; amazon.com). Apply evenly to damp hair and then blow-dry with a diffuser attachment, making sure to scrunch waves as you dry.

To add polish, use a curling iron on random pieces all over the head, twisting in different directions for the most natural look. Finish with a dime-sized amount of shine cream.

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Sandra Bullock

For this sexy but relaxed look, work a texturizer through dry hair with a boar bristle brush. Because beachy waves begin halfway down your hair, try this great, easy trick: Pull hair into a ponytail, then use a curling iron to curl just the part in the pony.

Mist entire head with a light hairspray to keep the tousled look working hard all night.

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Valentina Acosta

For a look like Valentina's, "it's all about the base," says Velasquez. Start with a beautiful blowout — try a multitasking cream like Shu Uemura Blow Dry Beautifier Thermo BB Cream ($32; amazon.com) to take care of frizz, protect from heat styling, and add body and shine.

Wrap one-inch sections of hair around a 1.25-inch curling iron in random directions to give it a natural feel but still look totally red carpet-worthy.

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Julianne Hough

Rather than regularly curl her naturally straight hair, Julianne threw it back to the '80s and went for a longer-lasting treatment: the perm. "The stylists at Nine Zero One salon mixed Olaplex in with perm lotion to create looser, beachier, permanent waves," according to Glamour. The result: A no-fuss hairstyle that's perfect for summer.

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Kerry Washington

To achieve these understated waves, celebrity hairstylist Larry Sims suggests starting with a light, alcohol-free styling spray, and then wrapping small sections of hair around a quarter-inch curling iron. The key to this look: curling each section of hair in opposite directions. Finish with a light tousle and a mist of hairspray.

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Madonna

For this all-over curl, use a gloss-enhancing shampoo and conditioner. Then blow-dry hair straight as you would normally.

For the front, hold the ends around the barrel of the round brush as you blow-dry. Then once hair is dry, use a large curling iron to create more dramatic curls from roots to ends.

"To get hair to sit back on your shoulders, blow-dry it away from your face and use a large, round brush to create the movement, angling the brush away from your hairline," says British celebrity hairstylist Mark Hill. Use a flat iron or curling iron to refine curls — just make sure to angle the curls out and away from the face.

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Kate Hudson

Create these effortlessly cool waves by letting hair air-dry. "Then use a large-barrel curling iron to wrap hair away from the face on each side," says Sims. Finish with a misting of sea salt spray for a slightly undone, natural texture.

"Jessica's sporting an A-line, mid-length bob with ultra-long layers," says David Babaii, a partner in Blo Blow Dry Bar. "If hair is wavy, simply dry with a diffuser, wrapping sections around your fingers to help waves form. If your hair is straighter, use a large-barrel curling iron after blow-drying."

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Ellen Pompeo

Show off your layers by bringing out the wave in your hair. Switch to a clarifying shampoo to get rid of product buildup, which can weigh your natural texture down.

Run a conditioning styling cream through your hair and let it air-dry while you get dressed, do your makeup, and eat breakfast. Try not to touch your hair while it dries to avoid frizz.

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Beyoncé

For long, cascading curls with high shine, wash and deep-condition so hair looks healthy and glossy.

Blow-dry hair with a round brush. Then use a large curling iron and, alternating two-inch sections, roll hair around the barrel in one direction and then again in the other direction to create a ripple effect.

Once you're done, spritz everything with an aerosol shine spray.

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Teri Hatcher

Rocker waves are easy if you use the right combination of products. First, work some dry shampoo through your hair — it'll give you volume and soak up any greasiness.

Then, use a little texture balm — warm it up in your palms and really work the product into your strands. Flip hair upside-down and scrunch hair using a spritz of spray gel. To make your do look sexy, not sloppy, you want to avoid loads of frizz.

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Julia Roberts

Show off sun-kissed blonde highlights with an easygoing, tousled look. A brightening shampoo to bring out your highlights, natural or otherwise, makes a huge difference.

After towel-drying hair, spritz root to end with a salt spray to create natural, surfer-girl style. Dab a little leave-in conditioner on the ends if they start to look fried or dry/dull.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones

Spritz your hair with styling spray when wet, and blow-dry with a diffuser or let air-dry. Use a 2-inch curling iron to reinforce the loose, natural-looking waves, which should curl away from the face.

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Rose McGowan

If you have a cut with a lot of layers, this style is easy to achieve. Run some anti-frizz cream through hair from root to tip. Then blow-dry roots and bangs with a round brush. Leave the ends damp, letting them air-dry so they add texture to the look.

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Add volume to second-day, unwashed hair by running a curling iron through the ends.

After curling, warm up a dab of texture pomade in your palms and then rake hands through your hair.

Flip hair over and blast with a cool shot of air from your dryer. The result: sexy, bedhead hair.

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Gigi Hadid

Take medium-sized Velcro rollers and wrap hair around them in one-inch sections. Leave rollers in your hair for at least 20 minutes. Spray with a fine-mist, strong-hold hairspray before removing the rollers.

With a natural boar-bristle paddle brush, brush out the front/top section of your hair. Just shake the rest of the curls out a little bit so hair looks soft.

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Sofia Vergara

Coarse hair needs a great cut to keep it from getting unruly and puffy. Go for a style that works with your natural wave and gives you a great overall shape.

To style, spritz towel-dried hair with a conditioning spray. Then add a wave-enhancing mousse and scrunch lightly.

A long, layered cut allows your hair to air-dry brilliantly — no heat-styling needed. Start by applying a conditioning serum the night before — getting ready in the morning will go a lot faster. Just rinse your hair in the shower (skip shampoo and just give your scalp a good massage).

Then, apply a styling cream and be on your way — thanks to the overnight deep-conditioning, your hair will be so much more manageable.

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Blake Lively

For loose, glossy waves, start by blow-drying well-conditioned hair with a round brush so it looks silky.

Take the sides and back of your hair and roll them up using large hot rollers. Mist with setting spray and take out after only two or three minutes so hair doesn't look too done.

Spray top pieces (that are sleek and straight) with a shine spray and pull over and back, loosely.

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Reese Witherspoon

Make a little cocktail of smoothing cream and anti-frizz product and run through damp hair.

Pull fingers through your hair as you blow-dry, shaking and twirling pieces, so you get a light, natural wave.

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Brooke Shields

Shake up long, straight styles by picking six or seven random sections and working a little styling paste through.

Then, take a very large curling iron and wrap those sections of hair very loosely so they are barely touching the barrel.

Undo those sections and brush hair. You'll be left with a few wavy pieces that blend in with the rest of your hair and look amazing.

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Anne Hathaway

Spritz hair with styling spray and blow-dry with a round brush for volume and so ends are smooth and polished.

Take medium-sized rollers ($20; amazon.com) and wrap hair around them in one-inch sections. Leave rollers in for at least 20 minutes. Spray with a fine-mist, strong-hold hairspray before removing the rollers.

With a natural boar-bristle paddle brush, brush out the front/top section of your hair. Just shake out the rest of curls a little bit so they look soft.

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Keri Russell

Blot hair with a towel, then make a cocktail of equal parts gel and leave-in conditioner and coat damp hair with it. Carefully and lightly scrunch hair (stopping a few inches below the root, so the top lies flat). Air-dry, and keep your hands off it since touching your hair creates frizz.

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Zendaya

Treat the roots and bangs like you're on a mission to straighten. Blow-dry with a round brush and then flat iron them. But leave the area from mid-strand to your ends damp and untouched by styling tools.

Mist that part of your head with a leave-in conditioning mist. Scrunch your hair to help form curls and allow to air-dry for the right mix of sleek and wavy.

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Jane Krakowski

Use a super-moisturizing shampoo and conditioner — thick hair with texture needs more moisture than most. Wrapping your hair in a warm towel can make the conditioning more intensive without actually using twice as much product.

Run a curl cream through your damp and newly hydrated locks.

Use a diffuser on medium heat to kick-start the drying. Diffuse until hair is half-dry. Air-dry the rest of the way while you get ready.

Once hair is dry, go back in and use a large-barrel curling iron on three or four two-inch sections.

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Andie MacDowell

Wash hair with cool water (for extra shine) and towel-dry.

Coat hair in smoothing cream and blow-dry with a large round brush. Smooth down any frizz at the crown with a touch of an anti-frizz product.

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Sherri Shepherd

Add bounce to a relaxed style by spritzing ends with a conditioning mist.

Put a few ceramic hot rollers in for three minutes, tops. (Relaxed hair is delicate and you don't want to cause breakage with too much heat styling.)

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